List of aerial victories of Erwin Böhme

Oberleutnant Erwin Böhme (1879–1917) served under Hauptmann Oswald Boelcke at the same time as Manfred von Richthofen. Böhme scored all of his 24 aerial victories while flying with Jagdstaffel 2 except the first and thirteenth, won while with Kampfstaffel 10 and Jagdstaffel 29 respectively.

The victory list

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Confirmed victories in the list are numbered and listed chronologically. An unconfirmed victory is denoted by "u/c". Doubled horizontal lines indicate a change in squadrons by Böhme.

This is a complete listing of all known victories. When casualties for air crews are reported, they are listed pilot first, aerial observers next. Abbreviations in sources were expanded by creating editor.

No. Date/time Foe Result Location Casualties
1 Morning of 2 August 1916 Nieuport 12 from 10th Fighter Detachment, Imperial Russian Air Service Rogistche Eduard Pulpe, killed in action
2 17 September 1916 @ 07:45 hours Sopwith 1½ Strutter serial number A1913 from No. 70 Squadron RFC Crashed Northwest of Hervilly, France 2nd Lt. KIA; 2nd Lt. Ronald Wood wounded in action/prisoner of war
u/c 23 September 1916 @ 09:55 hours Martinsyde G.100 s/n 7475 from No. 27 Squadron RFC Crashlanded Hervilly, France Lt. Eric James Roberts KIA
3 10 October 1916 @ 09:50 hours Airco DH.2 s/n 4856 from No. 18 Squadron RFC Wrecked and written off Longueval, France Lt. Charles Gerschell Shaumer unhurt; Lt. Hardinge unhurt
4 20 October 1916 @ 10:30 hours Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2b s/n 4867 from No. 11 Squadron RFC Monchy 2nd Lt. Norman Rausch de Pomeroy KIA; 2nd Lt. William Black WIA/POW
5 22 October 1916 @ 11:50 hours Sopwith 1½ Strutter s/n 7786 from No. 45 Squadron RFC Les Boeufs 2nd Lt. Oliver John Wade KIA; 2nd Lt. William Johnson Thuell KIA
6 9 November 1916 @ 15:10 hours Royal Aircraft Factory FE.8 s/n 6409 from No. 40 Squadron RFC Forced landing Arleux, France 2nd Lt. Herbert Farmer Evans WIA/POW
7 22 November 1916 @ 14:10 hours Morane-Saulnier L s/n A248 of No. 43 Squadron RFC Dived into British territory Longevual Lt. Elmer Peter Roberts WIA; Captain Graham Lauder Watson WIA
8 26 December 1916 @ 15:15 hours Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2c from No. 5 Squadron RFC Dived into British territory Courcelette, France 2nd Lt. William Henry Hubbard WIA
9 7 January 1917 @ 12:30 hours Airco DH.2 s/n 7851 from No. 32 Squadron RFC Shot down Beugny, France 2nd Lt. Ethelbert Godwin Stockwell Wagner KIA
10 4 February 1917 @ 15:05 hours Airco DH.2 s/n A2536 from No. 32 Squadron RFC Sally-le-Transloy 2nd Lt. William Curphey WIA
11 4 February 1917 @ 15:30 hours Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2e s/n 7105 from No. 15 Squadron RFC Crashed Hébuterne, France Sergeant Frederick James Shaw KIA; 2nd Lt. George William Bathurst Bradford
12 10 February 1917 @ 12:20 hours Airco DH.2 from No. 32 Squadron RFC Downed inside British lines West of Gommecourt, France 2nd Lt. Arthur Vincent Howard Gompertz survived
13 14 July 1917 @ 07:20 hours Nieuport 17 s/n A6783 from No. 40 Squadron RFC Capelle, Belgium 2nd Lt. Godfrey Davis POW
14 19 September 1917 @ 10:47 hours Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 s/n B5012 from No. 9 Squadron RFC Crashed in British territory Boesinghem 2nd Lt. Henry Little Devlin KIA; 2nd Lt. Frederick Adam Wright KIA
15 21 September 1917 @ 08:52 hours Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 s/n A3617 from No. 53 Squadron RFC Koman Captain Robert Nicholas Fenwick Mills KIA; Lt. William Angus Browne KIA
16 5 October 1917 @ 08:15 hours Bristol F.2B s/n kB1133 from No. 20 Squadron RFC Crashlanded Dadizeele Captain Donald Dacre Walrond-Skinner WIA/POW; Private Francis J. Johns WIA/POW
17 10 October 1917 @ 07:25 hours Nieuport 27 s/n B6791 from No. 29 Squadron RFC Forced to land; wrecked Zillebeke 2nd Lt. Gerald Benson Wigle WIA
18 13 October 1917 @ 08:50 hours Sopwith Pup s/n B1800 from No. 54 Squadron RFC Southwest of Koekelare, Belgium 2nd Lt. Frederick William Gibbes KIA
19 14 October 1917 @ 07:42 hours Nieuport 27 s/n B6778 from No. 29 Squadron RFC Crashed and wrecked; observed by German ground troops to be just within the British lines Ypres, Belgium 2nd Lt. Henry Douglas MacPherson KIA
20 16 October 1917 @ 09:25 hours Nieuport 17 s/n B3578 from No. 29 Squadron RFC Surrendered; landed on Böhme's home airfield Magermeirie 2nd Lt. Frederick John Ortweiler POW
21 31 October 1917 @ 17:15 hours Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a s/n B544 from No. 84 Squadron RFC Zillebeke Lake 2nd Lt. George Robert Gray died of wounds
22 6 November 1917 @ 11:50 hours Sopwith Camel s/n B2408 from No. 65 Squadron RFC Crashed heavily Molen 2nd Lt. William L. Harrison WIA/POW
23 20 November 1917 @ 10:30 hours Nieuport 17 from 5me Escadrille de Chasse, Belgian Air Component Osterke, Belgium First sergeant Leon Andre Robert Ciselet
24 29 November 1917 @ 12:55 hours Sopwith Camel Zonnebeke

Sources: Background material from Franks et al. 1993, p. 78. Details were garnered from Franks and Giblin 2003, pp. 9–45.

References

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  • Norman Franks, Frank W. Bailey, Russell Guest. Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918. Grub Street, 1993. ISBN 0-948817-73-9, ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1.
  • Norman Franks, Hal Giblin. Under the Guns of the Kaiser's Aces: Böhme, Müller, Von Tutschek and Wolff ; the Complete Record of Their Victories and Victims. Grub Street, 2003. ISBN 1-904010-02-4, ISBN 978-1-904010-02-9.